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Bad Fences, Bad Neighbors
Speaker Nancy Pelosi wanted one more swing at China before headed to pasture. Her timing was terrible.
Aug 4, 20223 min read


The Middle Kingdom's Middle Finger
China's President Xi appears to be isolating China with in its block. Will it work? Does it ever?
Feb 18, 20225 min read


Don't Forget Weapons-Grade Iran
Things are getting hairy with Ukraine and Taiwan, but let's not forget that Iran is about to go weapons-grade.
Feb 10, 20223 min read


The Bad Lieutenant
Vladimir Putin's is gambling that the West is too distracted by China to stop him. We need to understand whose team he's on.
Jan 21, 20223 min read


2022: The New BiPolar
The Year Ahead: Prepare for a Bipolar world.
Jan 6, 20223 min read


Is it a Bird or a Plane?
China's hypersonic gliders are clever, and problematic.
Nov 17, 20214 min read


The Dragon Blows a Bubble
Chinese real estate, moral hazards, and the dozen years it took Murff to be right.
Oct 21, 20214 min read


A Fracas Over AUKUS
France is in grand furie over the Australian nuclear submarines. Of course it's our fault.
Sep 22, 20214 min read


The Fall of Kabul
Whether we left 10 years ago, or stayed another 20, this was always going to happen. It didn't have to happen like this.
Aug 19, 20214 min read


Cold War II
The United States won the last Cold War without fighting our great power rival, but by simply denying them market access.
Feb 3, 20214 min read


One of Those Marriages
On the gulf’s east bank sits Iran, baring its teeth at Saudi Arabia and doing a fair job of conquest-by-internal-rot of Iraq.
Nov 24, 20205 min read
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